Bristol Zoo Gardens has appointed Owain Cassidy as its new head of marketing, public relations and development. Owain, who was previously the head of marketing and communications for a children’s charity in Wales called Ty Hafan, has worked in the marketing sector for nine years. He said: “Bristol Zoo...
Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets has extended its South West and South Wales team with the appointment of Paul Harvey as business development director. Paul joins the Bristol-based team after six years at the helm of Barclays Corporate in the South West and brings with him 30 years’ experience in...
SciSys executive chairman and founder Mike Love is to step back from day-to-day control of the Chippenham-based hi-tech company to become non executive chairman. The firm, which also has operations in Brislington, Bristol, said in a statement today that he will, however, remain a director and significant shareholder in the...
A new crop of graduates and interns have started work at accountants and business advisers Grant Thornton’s Bristol office. The joiners will be working across the full range of services at the firm, from audit and government audit to corporate and personal tax. Office managing partner John Golding, pictured...
Captain John Connor, an airline pilot for 44 years, has hung up his professional wings after piloting his final flight into Bristol Airport where he was based for more than 20 years. His Thomas Cook A320 from Paphos was greeted by a spectacular water arch courtesy of the airport...
Bristol-based chartered accountants Whyatt Pakeman Partners have appointed Tracy Hall, a former partner with a Top-10 firm, as a new associate. Tracy entered the profession straight from university in 1983, working in the accounts and audit department of a small Brighton firm. Following a move to Bristol she joined the tax department...
Toshiba’s Telecommunications Research Laboratory (TRL) in Bristol, which conducts advanced, world-leading work in mobile telephony, has appointed Professor Ian Craddock as managing director. He replaces Professor Joe McGeehan, who founded Toshiba TRL in 1998, in that role. Professor McGeehan, one of the leading global figures in mobile communications, will...
Hotel industry veteran Elaine De Paola has been appointed sales manager at DoubleTree by Hilton, Cadbury House, near Congresbury. Elaine has widespread experience across the UK in smaller, independent hotels and has also worked with Jarvis Hotels in the Midlands. She said: “I stayed with Jarvis for 16 years and...
Futures at Knightstone, which provides housing related support and accommodation to more than 1,500 people, has appointed Sonia Furzland as assistant director of supported housing. Sonia joined the Knightstone Housing Association, in 2005 as a supported housing service manager and worked more recently as strategic business manager across...
Bristol-based building contractor Bray & Slaughter has today appointed Neil Sherreard to its management team on a part-time basis. Neil will start work this week after spending nearly 25 years at Cowlin Construction, the last 11 as managing director. He was also a director of Balfour Beatty Scottish and...
Julian Alexander has joined Santander Corporate Banking as regional director from Barclays, where he was the head of real estate in the Midlands with responsibility for the region’s main property accounts. In his new role, Julian will be based at Santander’s corporate business centre in Bristol, leading the bank’s...
CONSTRUCTION lawyer Peter O’Brien has joined Bristol law firm Clarke Willmott from South West competitors Osborne Clarke. Peter joins the expanding construction law team as a partner in the firm making the team one of the largest outside of London. As a dual qualified lawyer and quantity surveyor he...
Bristol-based Brandon Hill Communications has strengthened its event management and public relations divisions with the appointments of Mirelle Ball, James Meredith and Stephanie Muir. Mirelle joins as account director and will further reinforce the agency’s credentials in the environmental and renewable energy sectors, in which she has more than...
